Hello and welcome to another sprightly edition of DiS Does Singles. This week Kanye West unveiled a video that's so brilliantly awful, it's almost beyond parody. Thank goodness we found the production notes for 'Bound 2' just lying outside DiS HQ. Otherwise, we wouldn't know how to celebrate the greatest cinematic achievement since The Room.

But that's not all you'll find in this week's column folks. Arcade Fire have created a promo clip for 'Afterlife', Reflektor's spiritual successor to 'Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)' and 'No Cars Go'. Franz Ferdinand are back with a 'Bullet'. The piece of ammunition in question is their new single but we couldn't resist that sentence. Finally, Mutual Benefit have some lustrous folk for your consideration - you'll feel a lot better for hearing it.

All in all, consider yourselves spoilt.

Single of the week

Kanye West - Bound 2 (Def Jam)

Please note: what follows are the 100% genuine and in no way made up production notes for Kanye’s ‘Bound 2’ video. They were leaked to DiS by a Def Jam insider who shall remain nameless, but claimed the revelations would spell ‘game Hova’ for Yeezy’s perilous self-esteem levels

Open with stock footage of the Grand Canyon. Other canyons will not be tolerated.

Verse 2: Kanye West
"I wanna fuck you hard on the sinkAfter that, give you something to drinkStep back, can't get spunk on the minkI mean damn, what would Jeromey Romey Romey Rome think?Hey, you remember where we first met?Okay, I don't remember where we first metBut hey, admitting is the first stepAnd hey, you know ain't nobody perfectAnd I know, with the hoes I got the worst repBut hey, their backstroke I'm tryna perfectAnd hey, ayo, we made it: ThanksgivingSo hey, maybe we can make it to ChristmasShe asked me what I wished for on my wishlistHave you ever asked your bitch for other bitches?"

For the most video Kanye and Kim are to avoid eye contact, so as to maintain their dramatic focus.

When asked if she fancies a threesome, Miss Yeezus will defiantly toss her hair to cut him off mid-sentence.

This shows that she understands what Kanye says, has heard the proposition before and is still not best pleased with it.

Verse 2: Kanye West
"Maybe we could still make it to the church stepsBut first, you gon' remember how to forget"

Kim to hold Kanye’s head so he is staring at her cleavage.

Kanye promises to improvise here, or remain motionless for the rest of shot. Be prepared for either outcome.

Green screen footage to be looped here as though Kanye is riding in the clouds, ‘where Jesus is’.

Thereby he will be shown to have achieved cultural parity with the father, son and holy ghost.

Crucially, none of these figures had a celebrity fiancé.

Hook 1: Charlie Wilson

Bridge: Kanye West
"Jerome's in the house, watch your mouthJerome's in the house, watch your mouth"

End video with a stern reminder reminder of Kanye’s parental authority.

Because above being a hip-hop artiste, creator of first-rate music videos and the inventor of leather jogging pants, Sir Yeezus is a father.

A man whose child will one day grow up to know that five million people have seen his mom and pop bonk on a motorbike. Really, this should be par for the course in all overblown hip-hop videos.

Best of the rest

Arcade Fire - Afterlife (Arcade Fire Music)

Reflektor has been out for about a month now, which means you’ve had the chance to hear ‘Afterlife’ at least once by now. It clocks in just before the album’s grand finale, ‘Symmetry’, and represents a decent summation of what Arcade Fire are about these days. Looping calipso grooves and existential quandaries get whisked together to create a smartarse disco track that’s already earned its prefect’s badge from art school.

Since your humble columnist is always the biggest div on the dancefloor at social occasions, I’m not inclined to endorse a song that’s got more brains than my good self. Is that fair? No, but I also reserve a special place in hell for fancy dress - alongside soggy cabbage and ITV. Sorry Win, it just wasn’t meant to be this time around.

Franz Ferdinand - Bullet (Domino Records)

Franz Ferdinand’s new single is called ‘Bullet’, so some bright spark decided to film a bullet time-themed video for it using a 360 degree camera rig. That chap deserves a gold medal, or whatever video directors get when they make a band look so swish you want to join them on air guitar. Special plaudits are due for Alex Kapranos’ stop motion scissor kick.

Mutual Benefit - Golden Wake (Other Music)

Lustrous folk that plucks your heartstrings with the winsome skill of Bright Eyes or Villagers. That’s what you’re in for should you lend your ears to Mutual Benefit’s ‘Golden Wake’. Trust us, its lilting organ crawl does wonders for a downcast disposition.

Rock Bottom

Beady Eye - Iz Rite/Soul Love (Columbia Records)

It defies logic that Beady Eye amount to so much less than the sum of their parts and yet here we are with their new double A-side single. That said, ‘Iz Rite’ and ‘Soul Love’ are barely worth getting into a tizz about. Plodding rock is what we’ve come to expect from Liam Gallagher’s bunch, so two more stodgy servings of it is going to surprise no one.